Global Patent Index - EP 0377749 B1

EP 0377749 B1 19940831 - CATHETER.

Title (en)

CATHETER.

Title (de)

KATHETER.

Title (fr)

CATHETER.

Publication

EP 0377749 B1 19940831

Application

EP 89906458 A 19890606

Priority

  • CA 609797 A 19890830
  • CN 89107131 A 19890907
  • JP 7490688 U 19880606
  • JP 8900575 W 19890606

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0377749A1] A balloon-carrying catheter having at a front end portion of a catheter body a balloon which can be expanded when a fluid is introduced thereinto, characterized in that the interior of the balloon is divided into a plurality of circumferentially arrayed chambers, a fluid being supplied from a fluid supply tube to at least one of these chambers to expand the same chamber, whereby the direction of the front end of the catheter is controlled at a branch point of a blood vessel.

IPC 1-7

A61M 25/00

IPC 8 full level

A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61M 25/1011 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 2025/1072 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0377749 A1 19900718; EP 0377749 A4 19901219; EP 0377749 B1 19940831; CA 1337792 C 19951226; CN 1049974 A 19910320; DE 68917895 D1 19941006; DE 68917895 T2 19950202; US 5308323 A 19940503; WO 8911889 A1 19891214

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89906458 A 19890606; CA 609797 A 19890830; CN 89107131 A 19890907; DE 68917895 T 19890606; JP 8900575 W 19890606; US 2486493 A 19930226